Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock was a Hong Kong dockyard, once among the largest in Asia. Founded in 1866 by Douglas Lapraik and Thomas Sutherland, the Hong...
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Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock. He pursued an aggressive path of diversification, acquiring A.S. Watson, Davie, Boag and Co. Ltd., Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock...
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the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company. These armoured cars played an important role in the Battle of Hong Kong in December 1941. The Hong Kong Defence...
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in Hong Kong Hutchison Whampoa, a Hong Kong conglomerate, the eventual owner of the Whampoa Dock, Whampoa Garden, A.S. Watson & Co., Superdrug, and Hutchison...
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USS Leyte (1887), was a 151-ton Spanish gunboat built in 1887 in Hong Kong by Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock and captured during the Spanish–American War. The vessel...
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Bill Wyllie (section Hong Kong career)
his career as a "corporate doctor" in Hong Kong; and most notably for his role in setting up Hutchison Whampoa. In 2003, Australia's Business Review Weekly...
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SS Taiping (1925) (category Ships built by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company)
SS Taiping was a 4,324 ton steamship launched by Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, Hong Kong in 1925 for the Australian Oriental Line. El Taiping c...
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Whampoa Garden (Chinese: 黃埔花園; Jyutping: wong4 bou3 faa1 jyun4) is the largest private housing estate in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was built on...
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USS Mariveles (category Ships built by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company)
in 1886 by Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, Hong Kong; purchased by the War Department in 1898; transferred to the Navy on 2 May 1899; and commissioned...
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The 2013 Hong Kong dock strike was a 40-day labour strike at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal. It was called by the Union of Hong Kong Dockers (UHKD)...
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Douglas Lapraik (category Hong Kong hoteliers)
and building two more at Aberdeen and Whampoa, Lapraik co-founded the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company together with Jardine Matheson & Company and...
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SS Changte (1925) (category Ships built by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company)
Changte was a 4,324 tons steam ship built by Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, Hong Kong in 1925 for the Australian Oriental Line. The Argus (Melbourne...
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Kaimei Maru (category Ships built by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company)
by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company. Kaimei Maru, then known as British ship War Bomber, was ordered by London's Shipping Controller and was built...
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Burns Philp (redirect from Burns Philp and Company Limited)
built in Hong Kong in 1938 by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company. Operated on the Australia to Papua, New Guinea and Solomon Islands service and was involved...
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USS YAG-3 (category Ships built by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company)
served during World War II. She was built by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company Ltd. in Hong Kong for the benefit of the North Negros Sugar Company...
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Cosmopolitan Dock (Chinese: 大同船塢; Jyutping: daai6 tung4 syun4 ou3) was one of the major dockyards in Hong Kong. Founded in 1880 and located on the exterior...
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Alexander Grantham (fireboat) (category Monuments and memorials in Hong Kong)
and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Alexander Grantham, the largest in the fleet of fireboats, was built by the Hong Kong Whampoa Dock Company...
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Thomas Sutherland (banker) (category Members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong)
first chairman of the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock. In order to help finance the burgeoning trade between China and Europe, and explore the potential for...
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USS Banaag (category Ships built by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company)
served during World War II. She was laid down at the Hong Kong shipyard of Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company Ltd. as a copper-sheathed composite hull tug...
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Hong Kong Tramways (HKT) is a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow-gauge tram system in Hong Kong. Owned and operated by RATP Dev, the tramway runs on Hong Kong...
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Tai Wan, Hung Hom (category Areas of Hong Kong)
Hong Kong. The southern end of the bay joined with the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock. The name also refers to an area, which neighbours To Kwa Wan and the...
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Robert Hotung (category CS1 Chinese (Hong Kong)-language sources (zh-hk))
Hong Kong Hotel that opened in 1868, and was a director of the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company. By 1869, Charles Bosman was also the Dutch consul, running...
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USS YAG-4 (category Ships built by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company)
served during World War II. She was built by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company Ltd. in Hong Kong for the benefit of the North Negros Sugar Company...
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the head of the Bosman and Co. trading house, co-owner of the Hongkong Hotel, and a director of the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock, which was founded in 1863...
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The Hongkong Telegraph (redirect from Hong Kong Telegraph)
the paper's editor. Fraser-Smith, a former book-keeper with the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, was known for his "fearlessness in expression of his...
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Hongkong United Dockyards (redirect from Hong Kong United Dockyards)
waan1), on Tsing Yi Island of Hong Kong. HUD was formed in 1973 from the merger of the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock (1863) and the Taikoo Dockyard (1902 or...
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Ranger (1940) (category Ships built by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company)
laid down at the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company Ltd. for the Luzon Stevedoring Company Ltd. Inc of Manila. She was in Hong Kong on 2 December 1941...
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HMS Li Wo (category Ships built by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company)
Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company for the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company Ltd. for service on the Yangtze River. In 1940 she was requisitioned and...
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Taikoo Dockyard (redirect from Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company)
on the working account and 20 before a dividend was declared. The dockyard's chief competitor was the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company from whom the...
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